mmendation, "She hath done what she could!" And He added,
"Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world,
this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her."

On an earlier occasion, likewise, as He sat over against the treasury,
many that were rich cast in large sums of silver and of gold, but He
turned from them and their gifts to draw attention to a certain poor
widow who brought two mites and cast them in. She had gladdened the
heart of Him who was the Creator of all wealth, and the real Owner of it
all. She, said He, had given more than they all: for she _of her want_
had given _all_ that she had! And of her, as of Mary, it is true that in
whatsoever language the Word of GOD is translated, in whatsoever clime
it is read, the MASTER'S commendation is made known.

There is a day coming, in which before assembled worlds He will make
manifest the loving gifts and the secret service of His redeemed ones.
Then we shall not weary as they are recounted and rewarded; and as we
see His joy in them all, we shall better understand the length of
Numbers vii.

FREE-WILL OFFERINGS: verses 1, 2.

_"And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the
tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it ... and all the
vessels thereof, ... that the princes of Israel, heads of the house
of their fathers, ... offered."_

When the LORD gave the plan of the tabernacle and of the vessels, He
likewise gave to the people willing hearts to offer, and skill to
execute. There was no need to press them; the workers and contributors
were those whose heart stirred them up, and whose spirit was made
willing. The people brought more than enough for the service of the
work, and Moses had to make proclamation throughout the camp to
restrain them from bringing more.

Is there not a lesson to be learnt here? Let the work only be one of
GOD'S planning, and executed according to His mind, and the hearts that
are in sympathy with Him will gladly respond with suitable and abundant
offerings. For is not the willingness to give as much a part of His
working as the skill to use that which is given? Then, in the givers and
in their gifts, in the workers and in their work, the Divine heart finds
infinite complacency. "For of Him," as the great Designer, "and through
Him," as the effectual Power for the carrying out of His purposes, "and
to Him," as the real Object of all service, "are